Oscar jagobi



(No Model.)

0. JAOOBI. HUB ATTAUHING DEVICE.

Patented June 21, 1892.

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OSCAR JAGOBI, OF MONTREAL, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT L. BEATTY, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

HUB-ATTACHlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,420, dated June 21, 1892.

Application filed February 25, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR JAOOBI, of the city of Montreal, in the county of l-Iochelaga, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Device for Holding aVVheel on its Axle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device by which a wheel may be instantly locked on its axle in such a manner that the said wheel will revolve and may be removed therefrom without detaching any nut or other fastener, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained and then definitely claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the hub of a wheel connected to its axle in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1.

I may mention here that my device is applicable to any kind of wheel which revolves on its axle; but for the purpose of this specification I have shown it applied to a style of light-iron wheel specially adapted for babycarriages or bicycles.

A represents the axle, on which a flange B is formed or secured, as indicated.

0 is the hub of the wheel. This hub fits onto the axle A and abuts against the flange B, the inner end of the hub 0 being recessed to receive the flange B, so that its face shall be substantially flush with the face of the hub 0.

Serial No. 422,774. (No model.)

D is a spring-bolt located upon the face of the hub O and designed to project behind the flange B when the hub has been pushed upon the axle, as indicated in the drawings. The spring-bolt D is shaped so that it Will spring over the flange B when the hub O is pushed onto the axle, and when the bolt D has passed the flange B it springs behind the said flange and holds the hub in position.

In order to remove the hub C, it is merely necessary to pull the bolt D clear of the flange B when the said hub may be instantly removed. Owing to the position of the bolts and the fact that the flange B closes the journal on which the hub fits, the said journal can can be kept constantly lubricated and the dirt is completely secluded from the journal.

Vhat I claim as my invention is A hub journaled on the end of an. axle having a flange working in a recess in said hub, so as to be flush with the face of the same,in combination with a spring-bolt set in a case projecting from the hub, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Montreal, January 30, 1892.

W. DE M. MARLER, THOMAS PoRTEoUs. 

